Munich Trip: Sendlinger Tor, Marienplatz and the Englishe Garten
After a month of planning I’ve arrived in the Bavarian capital of Munich. I flew from Heathrow’s new (less than a year old) Terminal 2 first thing this morning.
Germany
Blue Monday? No…
Apparently Monday – the one just gone – was Blue Monday. The most depressing day of the year. Not for me it wasn’t!
The Diamond Jubilee Celebrations
So the country is now recovering after the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of last weekend.
Film Review: Das Leben der Anderen
In German this week we’ve started studying a bit of German history; at the start of the week we looked at a very brief overview of WWII, and then we looked at the splitting of Germany into the BRD and… Continue reading
Fantastic Weather
Its been extremely warm in Cirencester over the last couple of days, with temperatures getting into the high 20s (celcius). In London, the forecast was expecting 30ยฐc today!
The German School System
In my German class recently we’ve been studying the German school system. Its quite an interesting topic, because its different to the English system. For my oral exam (which will take place in April), I’ve chosen the school system as… Continue reading
Back in the UK
I got back to the UK on Saturday evening, following my week in Cirencester‘s twin town of Itzehoe, in Northern Germany.
Day 6 – The Last Night
The week is now over, and I have done my last day of work experience at Kindergarten Tagelhรถrn. Today, they had their “Faschingsfest” (carneval)… I’m still not sure exactly what it was about.
Day 5 – A Trip to Hamburg mit dem Zug
After the 4th day of work experience at Kindergarten Tegelhรถrn, I returned back to the house. The Sophie-Scholl Gymnasium was closed, and by the fact that both Matt and Tom were signed in to their Facebook accounts when I logged… Continue reading
Day 4 – The Town Hall
There has been more snowfall overnight. Its fallen on top of the snow which fell for most of yesterday, which fell on top of snow which fell before I got here.